MCE10102: Fiber Optic Components, Devices & Measurements Unit- I Fibre-Optic Light Sources Brief description on the principle

of optical sources, Internal Quantum efficiency of LED,Modulation capability,Power-Bandwidth product, Laser diodes, Laser diode modes, Threshold conditions, Resonant frequencies, Laser diode structures, Single mode lasers, modulation of laser diodes. Unit- II Fibre-Optic Light Detectors Brief description on the principle of optical detectors, photodetector noise, Noise sources, ignal-to-Noise ratio, Detector response time, Depletion layer photocurrent, Response time, Avalanche multiplication noise. Unit- III Optical Fibre Connection Joint loss, Multi mode fibre joints, Singe mode fibre joints, Fibre splices, Fusion splices, Mechanical splices, Multiple splices, Fibre connectors, Cylindrical ferrule connectors, Biconical ferrule connectors. Unit- IV Optical Couplers Double eccentric connectors, Duplex fibre connectors, Expanded beam connectors, Fibre couplers, Three port couplers, Four port couplers, Star couplers, WDM couplers. Unit- V Optical Amplifiers Optical amplifiers, Semiconductor laser amplifiers, Fibre amplifiers, Rare earth doped fibre amplifiers, Raman fibre amplifiers, Brillouin fibre amplifiers. Unit- VI Integrated Optics Integrated optical devices, Beam splitters, Directional couplers, switches, Modulators, Periodic structures for filters and injection lasers, Opto-electronic integration, Optical bistability and digital optics, Optical computation. Unit- VII Optical Wave guides Concept of an optical waveguide, rays and modes, principle of light guidance in optical wave guides, optical fiber, comparison of optical fiber with other interconnectors, Application of fiber optics. Unit- VIII Optical Sensors and Measurements Optical sensors intrinsic & extrinsic, Intensity, phase and polarization based sensors, principles of pressure, temperature, displacement and velocity measurements. Text Books: 1. G. Keiser, Optical Fibre Communications, Mc-Graw-Hill. 2. A. Ghatak & K. Thyagarajan Optical Electronics. 3. A.H. Cherin An Introduction to Optical Fibers Reference Books: 1. Jacobs, I. (2001) Optical Fiber communication Technology and System Overview, in Handbook of Optics, M. Bass (ed.), et al., p. 2.2, McGraw-Hill.

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DeCusatis, C., Maass, E., Clement, D. and Lasky, R. (eds) (1998) Handbook of Fiber Optic Data Communication, Academic Press, NY; see also Optical Engineering, special issue on optical data communication (December 1998). 3. Goff, D.R. (1999) Fiber Optic Reference Guide, 2nd edition, Focal Press: Boston, Mass. 4. J.M.Senior, Optical Fibre Communications Principles and Practice, PHI.